Keo Woolford, Hawaii Five-0 actor, dies aged 49

Woolford played Detective James Chang in the CBS remake of Hawaii Five-0.

According to his publicist, Woolford died at a hospital in Hawaii, three days after suffering a stroke.

In 2001-02 Woolford starred as the King of Siam in The King And I, opposite Elain Paige in London’s West End.

In 2013, Woolford received a special jury prize at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for best first feature, The Haumana. Publicist Tracy Larrau said Woolford had just completed the script for a sequel, with auditions beginning in January.

Woolford also had small roles in films including Falling For Grace, Gozilla (2014) and Happy, Texas.

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Cohan has written for online publications including the Huffington Post, Gigwise, Time Out Singapore, The Metropolist, Zoo, We Plug Good Music and Redstar Qingdao. He has developed an insight into the East Asian community in the UK from his work at the British Chinese Project, an NGO that promotes political participation for the Chinese in the UK.